Written By Gopal Krishna on Saturday, December 27, 2014 | 10:54 PM

If the Danish shipping company Clipper Group
believed that they could peacefully send the ship Clipper Concord for scrapping
at the infamous Indian Alang beach (Gujarat), they went horribly wrong.After Ekstra Bladet last week reveal that the ship had
arrived at Alang, has Clipper Group received harsh criticism from various
grassroots organizations and from the Environment Kirsten Brosbøl (S) - and now
the Indian authorities have also begun to interfere in the matter.It happens after the Indian NGO Toxics Watch Alliance (TWA)
right now trying to prevent the ship at anchor in the Arabian Sea ten nautical
miles (18.5 kilometers ed.) From the coast, from entering the mainland.You can follow Clippers position hereTWA believes that Clipper Group breaks with Indian law and
the Basel Convention on sending hazardous waste to non-OECD countries.It says Gopal Krishna told Ekstra Bladet and stresses at the
same time that 500 workers have been killed in ship breaking industry in Alang
from 1983 until December this year.I
have therefore contacted the Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
regarding Clipper Concord, and he replies that he will do what is necessary.In addition, the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights
and hazardous substances Baskut Tuncak, initiated an investigation, and I hope
it will succeed in slowing down the ship and sent it out of Indian waters, he
said.Clipper Group CEO. Kristian Morch said last week Ekstra
Bladet that Clipper Concords scrapping in Alang will comply with applicable
rules.

Ekstra Bladet could last week also reveal that Baron Johan
Wedell-Wedellsborg shipping company since 2011 has sent four ships to be
scrapped on the notorious beach in Alang in India, changing the company now
practice.Filthy
rich baron sends ships to death Beach

It tells the CEO of Dannebrog Rederi, Johnny schmoelker,
Ritzau:- It's not going to happen again.We
recognize that we could have done better, and we will put our backs to do now.Therefore, we sit down and write a formal scrapping policy
that in all things follow the Hong Kong Convention.- And we go in collaboration with Shipowners Association
about it.It will apply to all companies in Weco Group, he says.